Evaluating THC Cutoff Levels for Impaired Driving with Patricia DiCiano, PhD

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Dr. Patricia DiCiano is a scientist with the Institute for Mental Health and Policy Research at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). She is also an assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Toronto. Patricia has a multi-disciplinary background and her general research area is clinical trials and regulated studies into the …

Stopping Lab Result Forgeries with Evelyn Alvarez

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Evelyn Alvarez is currently the Quality Assurance Director at Encore Labs. She has ten years of experience working on analytical instrumentation and in regulated lab environments including work on EPA and OSHA methods. She received a degree in Environmental Science with research experience on pesticides.  Evelyn was recently quoted in a Refinery29 article that revealed an unfortunate element of the …

The State of Cannabis Testing – Incongruence and Unknowns

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As cannabis gains wider acceptance in the mainstream there is an ever growing need to ensure that consumers are receiving quality product with known potency that is free of contaminants.  At present there are 33 states in the US that have legalized cannabis for medicinal use and 11 for recreational use. In this nascent industry, many aspects of how to …